Wednesday, May 04, 2011

Gifts of the Goddess

This piece has been brewing in my head for awhile. The little goddess bead comes from Germany, born from fire and the skill of Teresa Laliberte's hands (Lavender Creek Glass). She's been waiting for me to come up with a setting appropriate for her.

This will be called "Gifts of the Goddess", each word stamped in sterling silver reflects a personality trait, loving, tenacious, intelligent and so on. Here's the fine silver chain I built, the goddess and some of the "gifts".

Tonight I finished the tags and have started to build the piece, adding interesting shapes in fine and sterling silver. I love these squiggles, they are about three inches long.

Starting to put together the pieces, long way to go. I plan to create a wild tangle of shapes and stones to complement her.

More tomorrow. Tonight immersing myself in this helped combat a terrible case of the blues that came crashing down on me all at once. Don't know why, sometimes it's hard to stay positive and upbeat. I think it was the warm beautiful night that had me yearning for someone to share it with. This spring season brings the promise of new in every breath, every smell, sight, sound, taste, feel, touch, in the heat of the sun, the caress of the wind.

I got a call from a very intuitive friend, we cheered each other up. It's all good.

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You know that this will pass. Summertime is coming and your Momma's good looking and probably your father too. I am sitting here with a glass of W.T. on the rocks in hand, Not J.D. reflecting on the bit I know about you and know you have the intelligence and inner strength to breeze through this. Tell me that I'm mistaken. I dare you.

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I'm a 60 something Californian, born to orange groves but raised in the mountains, here my spirit and my heart soar. I spend my days hammering metal, exploring the wealth of fine food and wine in this area, and having excellent adventures on the mountain paths, ocean bluffs and river walks with my two Cardigan Welsh Corgi's, Dandy and Bode.